45 Replies to “Preparing your Child for Nursery – Including Tips on Working Towards EYFS Goals”

Such an informative post! I took your approach before my lot started nursery ,my eldest was an August baby so I did boot camp him a bit with numbers and reading as I was worried he’d struggle but he was fine!

Our eldest had no words and we were going down the asd route for diagnosis. We have an idea but understand children develop in their own time and all have lots of different strengths and with lots of praise and support will all achieve x

These are some great tips. As a teacher I can really see the benefits for each child with what you suggested. I love the idea of free play and messy play as it allows children to truly express their creativity. Thanks for sharing!

Gosh there was no preparations for nursery when my ones were little. Nursery was the prep. For school that is. The future generations will have us living on the moon and other amazing things for sure! x

Such an interesting and informative post. Our children go to a Waldorf Steiner School and for us attending a Steiner Playgroup before dayacare or preschool helped both the parents and children get use to the rhythm of the day and prepare everyone for a very smooth transition. #Blogstravaganza

As an EY teacher, the most important thing is to prepare your child for what they are to expect. Talk to them about that there will lots of other children to play with and fun things to try like painting or whatever their favourite thing to do is. I would let them choose their own bag so that they have ownership over something there and pop in a photo of mummy and a cuddly so if they get a little sad, they can look at it/cuddle it. No academics please as it is really unnecessary at this age. Xx #blogstravaganza

This is such a great post. Reuben has been at nursery from 10months old and so they have prepared him. But I lacked in knowledge and was concerned he wasn’t at the level he should be. I was so worried he wasn’t recognising letters and just not interested in learning them either. I spoke to the nursery manager who went through this with me and I relaxed, and guess what, he now wants to try writing and he can recognise lots of letters and numbers. I think, even if you don’t want to prepare your child, it is a good idea to know what they will be doing. #Blogstravaganza

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